Webster's Dictionary 1913

5941

Sleek (5)

Sleek (?), n. A slick.

5942

Sleekly

Sleek″ly, adv. In a sleek manner; smoothly.

5943

Sleekness

Sleek″ness, n. The quality or state of being sleek; smoothness and glossiness of surface.

5944

Sleeky

Sleek″y (?), a. 1. Of a sleek, or smooth, and glossy appearance. Thomson.2. Fawning and deceitful; sly.

5945

Sleep

Sleep (?), obs.imp. of Sleep. Slept. Chaucer.

5946

Sleep (2)

Sleep, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Slept (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Sleeping.] [OE. slepen, AS. sl�pan; akin to OFries. sl�pa, OS. slāpan, D. slapen, OHG. slāfan, G. schlafen, Goth. sl�pan, and...

5947

Sleep (3)

Sleep, v. t. 1. To be slumbering in; — followed by a cognate object; as, to sleep a dreamless sleep. Tennyson.2. To give sleep to; to furnish with accomodations for sleeping; to...

5948

Sleep (4)

Sleep, n. [AS. slǣp; akin to OFries. slēp, OS. slāp, D. slaap, OHG. slāf, G. schlaf, Goth. slēps. See Sleep, v. i.] A natural and healthy, but temporary and periodical, suspensi...

5949

Sleep-at-noon

Sleep″–at–noon″ (?), n.(Bot.) A plant (Tragopogon pratensis) which closes its flowers at midday; a kind of goat's beard. Dr. Prior.

5950

Sleep-charged

Sleep″–charged′ (?), a. Heavy with sleep.

5951

Sleeper

Sleep″er (?), n. 1. One who sleeps; a slumberer; hence, a drone, or lazy person.2. That which lies dormant, as a law. Bacon.3. A sleeping car.4. (Zoöl.) An animal that hibernate...

5952

Sleeper (2)

Sleep″er, n. [Cf. Norw. sleip a sleeper (a timber), as adj., slippery, smooth. See Slape.] Something lying in a reclining posture or position. Specifically: —(a) One of the piec...

5953

Sleepful

Sleep″ful (?), a. Strongly inclined to sleep; very sleepy. — Sleep″ful‐ness, n.

5954

Sleepily

Sleep″i‐ly (?), adv. In a sleepy manner; drowsily.

5955

Sleepiness

Sleep″i‐ness, n. The quality or state of being sleepy.

5956

Sleeping

Sleep″ing, a. & n. from Sleep.Sleeping car, a railway car or carrriage, arranged with apartments and berths for sleeping. — Sleeping partner(Com.), a dormant partner. See under ...

5957

Sleepish

Sleep″ish (?), a. Disposed to sleep; sleepy; drowsy.Your sleepish, and more than sleepish, security. Ford.

5958

Sleepless

Sleep″less, a. 1. Having no sleep; wakeful.2. Having no rest; perpetually agitated. “Biscay's sleepless bay.” Byron.— Sleep″less‐ly, adv. — Sleep″less‐ness, n.

5959

Sleepmarken

Sleep″mark′en (?), n.(Zoöl.) See 1st Hag, 4.

5960

Sleepwaker

Sleep″wak′er (?), n. On in a state of magnetic or mesmeric sleep.

5961

Sleepwaking

Sleep″wak′ing, n. The state of one mesmerized, or in a partial and morbid sleep.

5962

Sleepwalker

Sleep″walk′er (?), n. One who walks in his sleep; a somnambulist.

5963

Sleepwalking

Sleep″walk′ing, n. Walking in one's sleep.

5964

Sleepy

Sleep″y (?), a. [Compar.Sleepier (?); superl.Sleepiest.] [AS. sl�pig. See Sleep, n.] 1. Drowsy; inclined to, or overcome by, sleep. Shak.She waked her sleepy crew. Dryden.2. Ten...

5965

Sleepyhead

Sleep″y‐head′ (?), n. 1. A sleepy person.To bed, to bed, says Sleepyhead. Mother Goose.2. (Zoöl.) The ruddy duck.

5966

Sleer

Sle″er (?), n. A slayer. Chaucer.

5967

Sleet

Sleet (?), n.(Gun.) The part of a mortar extending from the chamber to the trunnions.